The unthankful heart... discovers no mercies
but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and,
as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour
some heavenly blessings!
"Thanksgiving is an emotional holiday.
People travel thousands of miles to be with people they only see once a year.
And then discover once a year is way too often."
For hearts that are kindly, with virtue and peace,
and not seeking blindly a hoard to increase
for those who are grieving o’er life’s sordid plan
for souls still believing in heaven and man
for homes that are lowly with love at the board
for things that are holy, I thank thee, O Lord!"
"It is delightfully easy to thank God for the grace
we ourselves have received,
but it requires great grace to thank God always for the grace given to others."
"Give thanks to all those who have gone
Before you who have doubted the status quo
And who have idantified injustice and
Impatiently fought against it".
"I do not think of all the misery, but of the glory that remains.
Go outside into the fields, nature and the sun,
go out and seek happiness in yourself and in God.
Think of the beauty that again and again discharges itself within and without you and be happy."